New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-06
IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
. PROHIBITION VIT1CULTURE-PLkoON
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SAN FRAxcrsco. Nov 5.-The decision
Of the State Supreme Court that mum
eiralities can shut up the whisley shops
removes the Prohibition question from state
politics and transfers it where it belongs, to
each community The decision was called out by
n Pasadena ordinance prohibiting the sale OF
liouors in that town except by druggists upon
PHYSICIANS prescriptions The suit was brought
BY liouOr-seler who claimed that the ordinance
conlc,cd with the State and Federal Consttu-
tons Justice Mcfarland filed a disscntnS opinion,
in which he held that the ordinance virtually
confscatcd certain commodities, one of which was
wine a leading industry Of the State
The granting by the Supreme Court of a new
trial TO Lee Chuck, convicted Of the murder of a
fellow Chinaman, will have bad effect on
Chinatown. Chuck belongs to rich llighbnder
society and he has declared from the outset that
80 long as his friends spent money he would
never be banged. This decision is rendered on
errors committed by the lower court; but as the
evidence is conclusive there is no question that
Chuck will De again convicted The hanging OF
Lee Sare Bowa and the conviction OF Chuck
did much to suppress crime in Chinatown but on
the night of this decision murderous assault
was made by Highlander
The decision by the Supreme Court that the
Pare Wine law is not mandatory, and that it is
OPTIONAL with the vine makers to afiX stamp
10 their wine, gives wide latitude to adultcration
hut dealers practically leave the matter un-
changed. 1t is a great pity that the language OF
the act should be open 10 THIS Interpretation.
The investigation CT the vineyards in northern
and central California shows great spread OF
IhNi.OXcra within two years This Inspection has
been made hy +. IlOwson, of the United States
Agricultural Department, and Professor L. Nl0la
Il French cXi crt This season the pest has maze
great raVagcs. especially IN santa CARA haiIe!
IN SCnoma and Aapa Counties also phyiloAcrd
has made lis appearance in many new localues
What is needed 10 stamp out the french Iesl
is commission with power to condemn, uproo'
and burn any vines that show traces or these
insects. As il is many grapcgrowcrs insist
upon allowing diseased vines TO remain, thus
cndangvring vineyards of their neignbors
Senator Stanford has long been considering
scheme for importing skilled hands 10 WORK
i'm his Great VINEYARD at Nina, 1ehama County
lie has been compelled to employ Chinese by the
hundred. and tier labor has been unsatisfactory
lie is now making arrangements for bringing gu!
hundred vincyardiSts from BcrueauN' Mus,
eli them will bring families. ana thcy VIII al
he given comfortable homes on the ranch. Ii
the Nlcrmcnt succeeds ii will solve problem
in California vineyards.
The Hawaiian sugar planters are sad 70 DC
t1catlv exercised Claus Spreckelss beet sugar
scuCmc. At recent meeting tutN ucNiN'u t'''c -
large beet sugar refinery were started IN oail
Francisco they would have to find new market
10 send raw sugar to New-lOrk would never
pay Hence several of the largest planters advocate
HE substitution of coffee for sugar cane on the
islands The land is well adapted 10 coffee. and
experiments have shown that coffee will pay Nc
notion has been taken yet by the planters, but
some radical change will be necessary if Spreckcls
succeeds in his plans.
\ Hawaiian syndicate has decided 10 open an
office here for sending excursion parties TO Homo
lula. l.. Montgomery Mather. an eX-journailst oil
Honolulu. will have charge of it.
Old Samuel BrannOn. once the leading citizen
and richest man of San Francisco, is back here
from Sonora. lie is living in a cheap lodging
house. and is apparently without much coin
lie las a large grant Of land in Sonora which
be is trying TO sell TO colonsts
Miss Kate Field has made a success Of her
lcctlring tour. Her first series of lectures was
so well attended that sha has decided 10 give
three more lectures next week.